receiver. was created early in early 2002 under the name “Floppy Disk” by Jonny Darko, In early 2007, Floppy Disk suffered a major computer crash losing all music written the past five years. It was decided instead of trying to continue with all new music that a new project would be started. In 2007 receiver. was born

Available through Bandcamp, these compilations feature work by a variety of international artists, ranging from the obscure to the better known, such as Lucidstatic and Pandora’s Black Book (obviously), Tapage, Human Error, Mangadrive, NXV, SE, Yura Yura, Access To Arasaka, Famine, Dirk Geiger, Iammynewt, Millipede, Displacer, Valvegod, Tokee and others.

Raumklang Music was founded in 2003 and is specialized in electronic music. Since its birth, it has released many successful albums including material by artists like Klangstabil or Patenbrigade Wolff. In 2009 a new chapter in the history of the publishing house was written and it turned its chief focus to IDM, Industrial and Electronica.

Tundra Dubs are a relatively new label, having just celebrated their first birthday, but what a year it has been for them having released some gorgeous releases to great critical acclaim. We spoke to Ben about why he started the label, why vinyl is so exciting for him, and what the next year might bring for Tundra Dubs.

Hailing from San Diego, California, ΔAIMON are becoming a duo to be reckoned with. Widely recognised as part of the growing Witch House scene, but covering the likes of Swans, and having influences like Throbbing Gristle, Coil and Foetus, amongst many others, they seem to share a close link to both noise and industrial music as well.

The project of young French artist Ferdinand Legendre, Serial Industrie began in 2005 and, as a project, hasn’t stopped evolving. Since its inception the goal remains to illustrate a Nature coupled with recurring industrial vibrations, a “Cyber-Green universe” as it has been described by some.

What makes this release a definite must-have is the same reason why you visit festivals with sounds, music and sound art. Even if you don't know all this artists or there is a track you maybe don't like at the beginning, it fits the release as a whole. Exploration of artistic depths and differences, very well combined by 'His Masters Drone', Stefan Knappe.

Cold Graey is a Russian label (or, more precisely, from Novosibirsk, Siberia) which work with extremely limited CD-R releases (57 copies) of noise, dark ambient and experimental music. After selling out, many of the releases are put up for free […]

Perhaps it’s the time in Seattle, or the overall feel of our age that has influenced Dreissk’s work, but one cannot help but draw parallels to post-apocalyptic or dystopian imagery and thoughts when listening to the album. And any record managing to do that is a good record in my book.

It's is definitely worth the download, but the whole thing should have been recorded better. The choking frequencies on certain moments ruin the flow and atmosphere. It has its charm in some noise music, and certainly when it's recorded on tape, but with a probably laptop-based recording it's a big 'no'.

The main style under which this should be categorized is a mixture between ethnic, ethereal, ritual, drone and ambient. If you are interested in the aforementioned styles, and are still missing a bit of ethnic, ethereal and ritual music in your collection, this is a great release to get.

To make a long story short, an absolute 'Do Try This At Home' for ambient lovers who don't mind the progressive use of guitar and other melodic instruments, and who do know where and how ambient music started.

As a whole, this may be one of the better albums released this year and a great find for those who enjoy industrial/ambient. KNO’s strength comes from their ability to write interesting, multi-layered tracks that evolve throughout their duration and keep the listening experience fresh as the track/album progresses.

There are no real dull moments and the structures and modulations are impressive enough to listen to the whole composition. But if you reach the end, there is a good chance you will wonder if that was it.